2.8 Montgomery Reflection

2.8 Montgomery Reflection

Adam Tyler

From the trip to Montgomery, Alabama, I just felt bad almost the whole time about being a white person. When we visited our first stop, I couldn't help but feel ashamed of myself because how badly white people mistreated black people. Many of them were incriminated, like cases for murder, abuse, or even just looking threatening. I got pretty mad when I learned that black kids even by the age of 13 could be put into adult prison. I also found it very creepy when I looked at a picture of a white policeman touching a black kid on the shoulder and smiling. I really did not like that picture.

When we visited our final place on the trip, I was getting bored and tired, so it didn't help that there was no place to sit. We had to wait outside forever and the place just wasn't big enough, honestly. Also, I thought I heard some stuff repeated over and over again by the lady that worked there and it just seemed boring. I thought we really didn't need to be there. The only thing that was halfway interesting was the bus fight and how the policemen basically did nothing. This made me feel even worse about being a white kid.

I'm pretty sure this counts as police brutality

2.7 Mid-Semester 2 Reflection

2. 7 Mid-Semester 2 Reflection

By Adam Tyler

America in the 19th Century

1. The most important thing I've learned about immigration in the 19th century is how immigration actually improved industrialization. I say this because as more immigrants moved to the United States and other countries around the world, they sought economic opportunity and jobs, so many of them worked at industrial factories. With their hard work and less wage, more immigrants started to improve industrialization.

2. The most important thing I've learned about immigration from the new days is that many immigrants are still unfairly treated and there are several attempts to keep them out of America. Even though the immigration "racism" has gotten better, it still isn't perfect, as many are separated from their families, forced to get low-paying jobs, and live in places they don't want to live.

3. I think the 2 most challenging aspects of living in 19th century urban settings is finding a good place to live and remaining healthy at the same time. People tended to live in tenements in the 19th century, that were very unsanitary with limited space and it just seemed sad that someone would have to live there. Also, many people got diseases from living in tenements, so it was really important to look out for your health at the time. Mainly, poor people suffered the most from this while the rich mostly avoided bad health and bad living (because they're rich), but since there were a lot of poor people, it was kinda hard. Overall, many people weren't very good at finding a nice place to live or maintaining the best of their health.

4. The evolution of New York's High Line might be an example of Progressivism, since many people started to improve or move forward the High Line and make it evolve into something new and beautiful instead of the once old and moldy thing it was. They did this with plenty of artwork displayed where artists could actually make their own artwork with people watching them, helping the grass and other nature grow to make the scenery more pretty (feels like Spring). On the High Line, people even felt more connected and emotional as many of them were seen holding hands. However, the High Line could also not be considered an example of Progressvism since Progressivism is associated mostly with government and the state improving something (like industrialization), but they didn't really have anything to do with improving the High Line and the people who improved it where mostly just people who liked it from the start and didn't want to see it shut down. They even improved the High Line without major help from the government and turned it into something beautiful, so it really wasn't an example of Progressivism.

2.6 Philanthropy in American History and Major Donors Today

2.6 Philanthropy in American History and Major Donors Today

Adam Tyler

The man with a heart full of money (that he gives away)

1. Philanthropy is an act of giving or helping humanitarian support. Activities associated with philanthropy are rebuilding home, deciding what's best for the future, and helping big businesses. The difference between philanthropy and charity is that while philanthropy is more concerned with the world and lasts a while, charity is more concerned with maybe just one person or a few more and lasts just a bit.

2. Andrew Carnegie was known for being perhaps the most well known and influential philanthropist of all time. He built about 2,811 lending libraries around the globe, founded one of the world's great research universities, made one of the nation's most significant grandmasters, and established charitable organizations nearly a century after his death. By his death, he had given about $350 million. All his philanthropy came from how poor he was as a boy, and he decided he wanted others to have better lives than he had by giving them knowledge.

3. Carnegie and his business rival John D. Rockefeller, were actually pretty different people. While both gave up extremely large amounts of money and competed in the economic and industry business, Carnegie was actually doing his work for a noble cause, while Rockefeller just gave his money away to avoid persecution and prosecution from anti-monopolistic trusts after Standard Oil, so Carnegie was selfless while Rockefeller was actually selfish.

4. Carnegie eventually formed the Carnegie Foundation, whose accomplishments included the Flexner Report and the provisions of pensions to college faculty members. There were even other organizations that bared his name from this source (the list is way too long) that have all helped the world with poor families especially benefitting.

5. From a list listed under Resources below this blog, I found out that Bill Gates is a very big philanthropist, alongside his wife, owning the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest charitable organization (which could still be considered philanthropy). This organization improves global health and saves lives, and is even working with Rotary International to eliminate polio. He has even donated $35. 8 dollars worth of Microsoft stock to the Gates Foundation.

6. If I was a philanthropist, I would be a philanthropist working with animals, helping them achieve better lives in better containment, while their health would increase. I would choose to do this because I've loved animals ever since I was a child.

Resources:

-  Philanthropy - Merriam Webster

- Andrew Carnegie - Philosophy Round Table

- Business Rivalries - Blog Spot

- These Are America's 10 Most Generous Philanthropists